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They Can't All Be Zingers | ||||
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Greatest hits album by | ||||
Released | October 17, 2006 | |||
Recorded | 1989 - 2003 | |||
Genre | Funk metal, alternative rock, experimental rock, alternative metal | |||
Label | Interscope | |||
Primus chronology | ||||
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Allmusic | [1] |
They Can't All Be Zingers is a greatest hitscompilation album by Primus. It was released through Interscope Records on October 17, 2006, the same day that their DVD, Blame It on the Fish, was released.
They Can't All Be Zingers includes 16 digitally remastered songs that span their entire career, including a previously unreleased and extended version of 'Shake Hands With Beef', the Tom Waits collaboration 'Coattails of a Dead Man', and 'Mary the Ice Cube' from the 2003 DVD/EP Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People.
The Best Buy version of the album contains a bonus CD with four rare live tracks ('Those Damned Blue Collar Tweekers,' 'Bob,' 'My Name Is Mud,' & 'Jerry Was a Race Car Driver') recorded at Woodstock '94, including the infamous version of 'My Name Is Mud' where they were pelted with mud by the audience (in which Claypool responds by informing them of their 'small and insignificant genitalia').
The album's title comes from a line from the stand-up act of comedian Neil Hamburger. The CD is packaged with an outer cellophane cover meant to represent a package of individually wrapped single slices of processed cheese. The artwork for the inner booklet and the CD looks like cheese itself. The wedge of cheese pictured on the sleeve has the shape of the head in the frying pan from Frizzle Fry emerging from it.
Track listing[edit]
All lyrics are written by Les Claypool; all music is composed by Primus.
No. | Title | Original album | Length |
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1. | 'To Defy the Laws of Tradition' | Frizzle Fry | 6:41 |
2. | 'John the Fisherman' | Frizzle Fry | 3:37 |
3. | 'Too Many Puppies' | Frizzle Fry | 3:58 |
4. | 'Jerry Was a Race Car Driver' | Sailing the Seas of Cheese | 3:11 |
5. | 'Those Damned Blue Collar Tweekers' | Sailing the Seas of Cheese | 5:17 |
6. | 'Tommy the Cat' | Sailing the Seas of Cheese | 4:14 |
7. | 'My Name Is Mud' | Pork Soda | 4:45 |
8. | 'Mr. Krinkle' | Pork Soda | 5:25 |
9. | 'DMV' | Pork Soda | 4:56 |
10. | 'Over the Electric Grapevine' | Tales from the Punchbowl | 6:23 |
11. | 'Wynona's Big Brown Beaver' | Tales from the Punchbowl | 4:22 |
12. | 'Southbound Pachyderm' | Tales from the Punchbowl | 6:23 |
13. | 'Over the Falls' | Brown Album | 2:41 |
14. | 'Shake Hands with Beef' (Extended Version) | Brown Album | 4:23 |
15. | 'Coattails of a Dead Man' | Antipop | 5:17 |
16. | 'Mary the Ice Cube' | Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People | 4:37 |
Total length: | 76:10 |
iTunes bonus track | |||
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No. | Title | Original album | Length |
17. | 'Mr. Knowitall' (Live) | Frizzle Fry | 4:23 |
Extra Cheese: Best Buy bonus tracks (recorded live at Woodstock 1994) | |||
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No. | Title | Original album | Length |
17. | 'Those Damned Blue Collar Tweekers' | Sailing the Seas of Cheese | |
18. | 'Bob' | Pork Soda | |
19. | 'My Name Is Mud' | Pork Soda | |
20. | 'Jerry Was a Race Car Driver' | Sailing the Seas of Cheese |
Personnel[edit]
- Les Claypool - bass guitar, vocals
- Larry LaLonde - guitar
- Tim 'Herb' Alexander - drums on all tracks, except...
- Bryan 'Brain' Mantia - drums on 'Shake Hands with Beef', 'Over the Falls' and 'Coattails of a Dead Man'
- Tom Waits - vocals on 'Tommy the Cat', vocals and Chamberlin on 'Coattails of a Dead Man'
- Martina Topley-Bird - vocals on 'Coattails of a Dead Man'
Charts[edit]
- Album
Year | Chart | Position |
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2006 | The Billboard 200 | #105 |
References[edit]
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Pork Soda | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | April 20, 1993 | |||
Recorded | Winter 1992 in San Rafael, California | |||
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Length | 57:40 | |||
Label | Interscope, Prawn Song, Restless | |||
Producer | Primus | |||
Primus chronology | ||||
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Singles from Pork Soda | ||||
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Pork Soda is the third studio album by the American funk metal band Primus, released April 20, 1993, certified Gold in September 1993 and certified Platinum in May 1997.[2] The 2005 re-issue comes in a digipak and contains a booklet with lyrics printed to nine songs, omitting 'Pork Soda' which consists of a series of unintelligible rants.
The album was performed in its entirety for the first time at The Fox Theater in Oakland, California, on December 31, 2015.
- 4Personnel
Music and lyrics[edit]
The album contains darker content than previous Primus efforts, featuring lyrics dealing with murder (My Name Is Mud), suicide (Bob), and alienation (Nature Boy). The band has commented that prior to recording, they had been touring for nearly two solid years and were thus in a sombre mood, although in a 2015 interview frontman Les Claypool described the era surrounding the album as 'Good times, happy times. It's not like we were reflecting any personal drama or anything.' [3]
Regarding the song 'Wounded Knee' drummer Tim Alexander said 'I needed a name. I was reading this book called Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. It was something I never really thought about before... I mean how this country came to be. We are taught to be so proud. But a lot of what we have is based on lies and deceit. They only teach you what they want you to know. I hope people will see the title and check it out. Next time you listen to 'Wounded Knee', try and put the story and the music together. The rhythm and the pulse, there is an element of it that is angry then peaceful.'[4]
Reception[edit]
Professional ratings | |
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [5] |
Chicago Tribune | [6] |
Christgau's Consumer Guide | [7] |
Entertainment Weekly | B[1] |
Rolling Stone | [8] |
Spin Alternative Record Guide | 6/10[9] |
In his review for AllMusic, Steve Huey contends that Pork Soda is 'one of the strangest records ever to debut in the Top Ten.' He notes that the album 'showcases the band's ever-increasing level of musicianship' and that '[their] ensemble interplay continues to grow in complexity and musicality', although '[the] material isn't quite as consistent as Seas of Cheese'. He concludes that 'the band keeps finding novel variations on their signature sound, even if they never step out of it.'[5] Reviewing the album for Entertainment Weekly, Deborah Frost notes that 'the band is starting to gel'. She describes Pork Soda as 'goofy' and 'Zappa-esque', predicting that the 'alternative-metal-fusion will appeal mostly to folks who like a little fizz with their lard.'[1] In his review for the album, Robert Christgau calls Primus 'quite possibly the strangest top-10 band ever, and good for them.'[7] Tom Sinclair, for Rolling Stone, describes the album as 'an amalgam of elements that have no reason to be joined together in a sane universe', noting that 'the band invokes the circa '69 Mothers of Invention and Trout Mask Replica-era Captain Beefheart as often as it does George Clinton or Bootsy Collins.' He concludes that 'hard-core funk-metal freaks may find it all a bit diffuse, but if you think its high time surrealism entered the mosh pits of America, Pork Soda just may be your cup of meat.'[8]
Indy Metal Vault writer Chris Latta wrote: 'Frizzle Fry or Sailing the Seas of Cheese are better introductions to the world of Primus, but Pork Soda makes for a demented subversion once you've gotten used to the formula'. Latta also wrote that it was the band's darkest and most unique album, although a couple of filler tracks kept it from being their best album.[10]
Track listing[edit]
All lyrics are written by Les Claypool; all music is composed by Primus.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | 'Pork Chop's Little Ditty' (instrumental) | 0:21 |
2. | 'My Name Is Mud' | 4:48 |
3. | 'Welcome to This World' | 3:40 |
4. | 'Bob' | 4:40 |
5. | 'DMV' | 4:58 |
6. | 'The Ol' Diamondback Sturgeon (Fisherman's Chronicles, Part 3)' | 4:39 |
7. | 'Nature Boy' | 5:35 |
8. | 'Wounded Knee' (instrumental) | 2:25 |
9. | 'Pork Soda' | 2:20 |
10. | 'The Pressman' | 5:11 |
11. | 'Mr. Krinkle' | 5:27 |
12. | 'The Air Is Getting Slippery' | 2:31 |
13. | 'Hamburger Train' (instrumental; beginning sample is audio of Paul Reubens from the film Nice Dreams) | 8:11 |
14. | 'Pork Chop's Little Ditty' (instrumental) | 1:03 |
15. | 'Hail Santa' (instrumental) | 1:51 |
Personnel[edit]
Primus[edit]
- Les Claypool – vocals, bass guitar, mandolin, double bass
- Larry LaLonde – electric guitar, banjo
- Tim 'Herb' Alexander – drums, percussion, marimba, bicycle bell
Production[edit]
- Derek Featherstone – engineer
- Leslie Gerard-Smith – project coordinator
- John Golden, K-Disk – mastering
- Manny LaCarrubba, Neil King, Kent Matchke – second engineers
- Ron Rigler – engineer
- Tom Whalley – A&R direction
Visual art[edit]
- Jay Blakesburg – front cover and background photography
- Paul 'Bosco' Haggard – cover layout
- Lance 'Link' Montoya – sculpture
- Snap – airbrushing
Charts[edit]
Album
Chart (1993–94) | Position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[11] | 54 |
US Billboard 200 | 7 |
Singles
Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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1993 | 'My Name Is Mud' | US Modern Rock Tracks | 9 |
References[edit]
- ^ abcFrost, Deborah (1993-04-23). 'Pork Soda Review'. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2012-04-08.
- ^'RIAA - Gold & Platinum'. RIAA. Archived from the original on 2010-12-10. Retrieved 2009-07-21.
- ^Rank Your Records: Les Claypool Retrieved 2017-08-08.
- ^Primus FAQ Retrieved 2012-10-18.
- ^ ab'Pork Soda - Primus'. Allmusic.
- ^Kot, Greg (1993-05-13). 'Primus Pork Soda (Interscope)'. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2018-12-25.
- ^ abChristgau, Robert (2000-10-15). 'Primus'. Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishing. ISBN9780312245603.
- ^ abSinclair, Tom (1993-06-10). 'Primus: Pork Soda : Music Reviews'. Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2007-06-11. Retrieved 2012-04-08.
- ^Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (1995). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. ISBN9780679755746.
- ^https://www.indymetalvault.com/2018/04/20/twenty-five-years-later-primus-pork-soda
- ^Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
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